Coin-controlled lock



Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

UNITED ,STATES CHAR-LES L. W. HAYNES, F OCEAN PARK, CALIFORNIA.

lGOIN-CON'IILOLLED LOCK.

App1ieation filed July 25, 1923. Serial No; 653,682..

C lock, `especially suitable for use in conne 3- tion with a swinging door.

The oh'ects or' this invention are iirst, to construct a coin actuated device of this kind which may he positively operated on Vthe deposit of a coin of la predetermined denomination or value; second, to construct a coin or key controlled rotary barrel and sleeve mechanism ifor coin locks; third, to use a type oi coin control for locks that possess advantages in its simplicity in construction and operation. j l

Reference is to he had .to the accompanying drawings forming a part of ythis speciiication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in. all the figures.

Figure l represents a front .elevation of the `coin controlled lock, in part section on line l--l of Figure 2.

Figure 2 represents .a side elevation of the `said loch, in part section on line 2-2 of Figure l.

Figure 3 represents a plan View of Figure l.

Figure t represents a sectional view on line of Figure 2, with parts removed.

Figure 5 represents a plan view of Figure il, with parts removed.

Figure 6 represents a sectional View on line 6-6 oi Figure 2.

Figure T represents a plan vievv of the shaft with a portion of the hey in position.

Figure 8 represents a sectional View on line 8-8 of Figure 7, With the key in position.

Figure 9`represents an end view of Figure 8, with the key reinoved.

The lock comprises a housing l With a plate 2 being locked in the under sideA thereot, and a slot 8 passes through the upper side thereof, a bolt 9 passes operatively through the said housing l and extends opa strike 3, the said housing and strike 3 being secured to. a1 doori6; and a Wall 7 respectively. The bolt9- ish positioned operatively between the guides 1 0, the said guides l() 'being` integral with the rear shell of the housing l,V and a spring 1l is positioned in` tension against the rear Vendipior`v tion of the said bolt 9 isc-secured around a pin 13, and thesaid pin TLS isseured in the lower-inner portion of'therearshell of the housing l. A pini-4L is secured Y on the centralk portion of the holt 9:a1rdra pin l5 is in turn secured in Athe real' shell @i fill@ 110115- ing l, adjacent tothe arm when the. said bolt 9 is in an extended' position inirthefsaid strike 3. The shaft 1K9 `passes .operatively through the door 6 and fthe rear shell of the said housing l, and the shell 18 isr ope-ratively mounted onl the inner po-rtioniof the shafit 19 and .extends `operati,vely i into ,the outer shell of the housing 1 adjacent tothe shoulder 22, the shoulder 2212 hei-,ng integral with the said shell 18 yand the iljialldles i and 5 are secured to the outer :and inne-r end. portions of the said shelll and shaft L9 respectively, the said arin 20 is `secured to the shaft -19 adjacent to the rear yshell of thek housing l and projects operatiaely ,down distance over theholt 9 between theV pins ,-14 and 1.5.. and a ,slot passes .through the i-nner end portion of the shait 19, and .a har 27 is positioned in the slot 25 adjacent to the hole 26, the said hole 26 passes tl'irough the central portion of the shell 1 8 and handle 4f. respectively, to receive a key 28, the slot 23 is formed in the upper halt or' the shell 18 and extends freni the open end portion thereof to the said shoulder 22, and the slot 24C is iorined inthe lower half of the shell 18 and extends 'from the open end portion thereof to the said shoulder 22, the linger 21 is integral with the shell 18 and is formed in the outer end of the said slot 24 and eX- tends from one longitudinal side thereoil distance towards the opposite longitudinal side to leave the outer end portion ot the said slot 24 partially open, as shown in Figure 5. The said shoulder 22 having stops 29 formed in the upper portion thereof, and the pin 16 is secured in the outer shell of the housing l between the said stops 29, and the spring 12 is secured in tension between the shoulder 22 and the inner shell of the housing l by the piu l? and pin respectively.

The coin controlled lock and strike are first connected to a door and a door post respectively, where it is desired to receive payment in coin for permission to enter into a closet or room.

It will be seen in Figure 2 that the coin 31 is first deposited through the slot 8 in the housing 1, and permitted to fall into the slot 25 in the shaft 19, and between the slot 23 in the shell 18, when the lock is in a closed position in the strike 3 as shown in Figures 1 and 3, and one side of the said coin 31 will thus ride on the finger 21 in the slot 24 to form a connection means between the said slots 25 and 24 so as to allow the bolt 9 to be actuated into the housing 1 by turning the handle 4 and shell 18 vcounter-clockwise to shift the side of the slot 23 against the coin 31 and thus force the shaft 19 and arm 2O in the same counter-clockwise direction to pull the bolt 9 into the housing 1, thus releasing the said bolt 9 from the strike 3 and the door 6 may thus be swung open from the wall 7. It will also be noted that the coin 31 remains in the said slotr25 on the finger 21 when the said handle 4 is actuated to open the door 6, `and thus after the occupant of the said closet or room wishes to make an exit through the said door 6 after the same was closed behind him, the handle 5 is turned clockwise from the inside of the door 6, thus the shaft 19 actuates the arm 2O and bolt 9 in a like manner as hereinbefore described independently of the said coin 31, and as the said shaft 19 is turned by the handle 5 the coin 31 will be turned loose from the finger 21 and fall through the slot 24 into the lower-inner portion of the said housing 1. When it is desired to operate the lock from the outside of the door 6 without a coin 31 a key 28 may be employed by being inserted through the hole 26 in the handle 4 and shell 18, and around the bar 27 in the slot 25.

I-Iaving thus described my invention what I claim is:

In a coin-controlled lock of the class described, the combination of a housing, a coin chute extending through the top of the housing, a shaft journaled in said housing and extending through the rear wall thereof, a shell journaled in said housing on said shaft and extending through the front wall of the housing, said shaft having a slot extending diametrically therethrough, said shell having a pair of slots located diametrically opposite each other and said slots being wider than said shaft slot and adapted to register therewith, a finger formed integral with said shell at the outer end of its lower slot projecting part way across said slot for arresting a coin deposited through said chute and into said shell slots and said shaft slot, a stop in the housing, a shoulder on said shell, a spring for normally holding the shell in position with said shoulder against said stop withV the slots in the shell in vert-ical alignment with said chute, a bolt slidablyy mounted in said housing for engaging a catch, a spring for normally holding said bolt in engagement with said catch and the slot in the shaft in vertical alignment with the shell slots and said chute, a pin on said bolt, an arm on said shaft for engaging said pin for retracting said bolt when the shell is rotated counterclockwise or when said shaft is rotated clockwise, with a coin deposited in the slots in said shell and said shaft, said coin escaping said finger and dropping into the lower part of said housing upon rotation of said shaft counter-clockwise.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature.

CHARLES v L. WV. HAYNES. 

